Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion and velocity of object

Digital image capture and processing system employing a micro-computing platform with an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting illumination during object illumination and imaging operations

Digital image capture and processing system employing multi-layer software-based system architecture permitting modification and/or extension of system features and functions by way of third party code plug-ins

Digital image capturing and processing system employing an image capturing and processing module and an integrated electronic weigh scale module having a load cell centrally located with respect to said image capturing and processing module

Method of and system for returning a consumer product in a retail environment so as to prevent or reduce employee theft, as well as provide greater accountability for returned merchandise in retail store environments

Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of area-type illuminating and imaging stations projecting a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging zones into a 3D imaging volume, and controlling operations therewithin using

Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging planes and area-type illumination and imaging zones with the horizontal and vertical sections of the system housing

Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each having a local object motion detection subsystem for automatic detecting objects within the 3D imaging volume, and a local control subsystem for transmitting object detection state data to a global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems

Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems for digitally imaging objects in a 3D imaging volume, and a globally-deployed object motion detection subsystem for automatically detecting and analyzing the motion of objects passing through said 3-D imaging volume

Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging zones into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion of objects present therewithin

Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, global object motion detection subsystem for automatically detecting objects within its 3D imaging volume, and global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging substems

Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illuminating and imaging stations projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume so as to support pass-through and presentation modes of digital imaging at a point of sale (POS) environment

Digital image capturing and processing system having a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each employing a dual-type coplanar linear illumination and imaging engine that supports image-processing based object motion and velocity detection, and automatic image formation and detection along the coplanar illumination and imaging plane produced thereby

Digital image capturing and processing system employing imaging window protection plate having an aperture pattern and being disposed over said imaging window and beneath which resides a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations

Digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging stations which generate coplanar illumination and imaging planes only when and where an object is being moved within the 3D imaging volume

Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illuminating and imaging stations projecting a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume, and controlling operations therewithin using control data derived from motion data collected from the automated detection of objects passing through said 3D imaging volume

Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion and velocity of object

Method of setting the time duration of illumination from an LED-based illumination array employed in a digital imaging-based code symbol reader, using an image-processing based illumination metering program executed therewithin

Digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to narrow-band illumination from a narrow-band illumination subsystem for a time duration controlled using a photodetector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array

Portable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination produced from an LED-based illumination array and measured using a photodector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array

Hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination from an LED-based illumination array only when all sensor elements in said image-sensing array are activated and in a state of integration

Digital image capturing and processing system producing narrow-band illumination when image sensor elements in a state of integration, and simultaneously detecting narrow-band illumination using an area-type image sensor and independently-operated photo-detector

Digital image capture and processing system employing real-time analysis of image exposure quality and the reconfiguration of system control parameters based on the results of such exposure quality analysis

Digital image capture and processing system having automatic illumination measurement and control capabilities realized using a photodetector operating independently of the image sensing array, and an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting the illumination duration of the system during object illumination and imaging operations

Method of automatically reading code symbols on objects present within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digital-imaging based code symbol reader, by simultaneously projecting an image cropping zone (ICZ) framing pattern and a field of illumination within the FOV during object illumination and imaging operations

Digital image capture and processing system employing a micro-computing platform with an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting illumination during object illumination and imaging operations

Digital image capture and processing system employing multi-layer software-based system architecture permitting modification and/or extension of system features and functions by way of third party code plug-ins

Automatic digital video-imaging based code symbol reading system employing illumination and imaging subsystems controlled within a control loop maintained as long as a code symbol has not been successfully read and the object is detected in the field of view of the system

Digital image capture and processing system supporting a periodic snapshot mode of operation wherein during each image acquisition cycle, the rows of image detection elements in the image detection array are exposed simultaneously to illumination

Digital image capture and processing system employing an illumination subassembly mounted about a light transmission aperture, and a field of view folding mirror disposed beneath the light transmission aperture

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system employing visible targeting illumination beam projected from an array of visible light sources on the rear surface of a printed circuit (PC) board having a light transmission aperture, and reflected off multiple folding mirrors and projected through the light transmission aperture into a central portion of the field of view of said system

digital image capturing and processing system allowing third-parties to extend the features and functions of said system, and modify the standard behavior thereof without permanently modifying the standard features and functions thereof

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit board with a light transmission aperture, through which the field of view (FOV) of the image detection array and visible targeting illumination beam are projected using a FOV-folding mirror

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system employing automatic object presence detection to control automatic generation of a linear targeting illumination beam within the field of view (FOV), and manual trigger switching to initiate illumination

Method of blocking a portion of illumination rays generated by a countertop-supported digital imaging system, and preventing illumination rays from striking the eyes of the system operator or nearby consumers during operation of said countertop-supported digital image capture and processing system installed at a retail point of sale (POS) station

Method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied within a digital image capture and processing system by reading feature/functionality-unlocking type code symbols

Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection subsystem having image formation optics providing a field of view (FOV) on an area-type image detection array, and a multi-mode illumination subsystem having near and far field LED-based illumination arrays for illuminating near and far field portions of said FOV

Countertop-based digital image capture and processing system having an illumination subsystem employing a single array of LEDs disposed behind an illumination focusing lens structure integrated within the imaging window, for generating a field of visible illumination highly confined below the field

Method of programming the system configuration parameters of a digital image capture and processing system during the implementation of its communication interface with a host system without reading programming-type bar code symbols

Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDs are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system

Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein first and second field of view (FOV) folding mirrors project the FOV of a digital image detection array on the rear surface of said PC board, through said light transmission aperture

Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein an image detection array is mounted on the rear side of said PC board, and a linear array of light emitting diodes (LEDS) is mounted on the front surface of said PC board, and aligned with an illumination-focusing lens structure integrated within said imaging window

Digital image capture and processing system supporting a presentation mode of system operation which employs a combination of video and snapshot modes of image detection array operation during a single cycle of system operation

Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection system having an area-type image detection array supporting single snap-shot and periodic snap-shot modes of image acquisition during object illumination and imaging operations